It was ultimately a means of taking on police brutality and systemic racial injustice, but former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick says his decision to kneel in protest during the pregame National Anthem began with one man: Mario Woods.
It was ultimately a means of taking on police brutality and systemic racial injustice, but former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick says his decision to kneel in protest during the pregame National Anthem began with one man.
Mario Woods. "The discussion happened shortly after the execution of Mario Woods," Kaepernick told Paper magazine, a publication focusing on fashion and entertainment. Jay-Z on NFL partnership: 'We've passed kneeling'That was December 2, 2015, nine months before Kaepernick infamously chose to sit during the"Star-Spangled Banner" ahead of his San Francisco 49ers taking the field.
Soccer star joins national anthem protest 00:47Woods' killing in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood set off months of protests. A report later indicated that the 26-year-old had suffered 21 gunshot wounds, including two to the head and six in his back. Authorities alleged that Woods was a stabbing suspect who was on numerous drugs when confronted by police. Officers opened fire only after he refused to drop a knife, they said.
Kaepernick's attorney: Trump hijacked Colin's message 02:51After Woods' death, Kaepernick began reading books that would help him draw a blueprint for the camp and what it would impart, Nessa told Paper. Many of the books dealt in societal struggle, including Alex Haley's"The Autobiography of Malcolm X," Angela Davis'"Women, Race & Class" and Black Panther Party co-founder Huey Newton's autobiography,"Revolutionary Suicide.
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